Hello!
Wow where is this year disappearing off to? We hope you’re all safe and well and have been enjoying the sunshine (up until this week’s rain). Now we’ve said hello and mentioned the weather that’s all the British pleasantries out of the way, so let’s jump straight into our May news roundup, here are 7 stories that we’ve shared or enjoyed in May this year. We hope you enjoy them too!
– team DriveElectric
DriveElectric van in selfie with José Mourinho at Haringey food hub
1st May 2020 | Haringey Council
We spotted a DriveElectric van getting involved with a photo of José Mourinho lending a hand at the Haringey food hub operating from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
EV drivers in Milton Keynes invited to take part in innovative charging trial
12 May 2020 | CrowdCharge
Honey’s first birthday, and Luna turns 5!
21 & 25 May 2020 | DriveElectric Team Pets
Two of the DriveElectric team’s pets had birthdays this month… Manchester Terrier Honey turned 1, and Luna the spotty cat celebrated her 5th Birthday. Treats all round!
With very empty lockdown social calendars these birthdays became a big deal to their pet parents this month! If you have a four-legged family member (or any pet however many legs they have!) celebrating their birthday in June tweet (or instagram) us a pic with the tag #DriveElectricRoundup and we’ll include them in the next roundup.
Our Survey said… Commuters to swap public transport for cheaper electric cars
28 May 2020 | DriveElectric
With employees in the UK being encouraged to return to work, but being discouraged from using public transport, figures show that electric vehicles can be one of the cheapest travel options – but many company car policies don’t allow EVs. We ran some polls on Twitter and LinkedIn to ask commuters how they’re planning to change their journey to work post lockdown.
Asking public transport commuters how they were planning to change their journey to work post-lockdown:
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